Seriously, I'm not slagging off.

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Rin and Seth sit at there table looking at each other. There dinner is gone a soft music played from the background. There minds were on each other, but soon the reality of the on coming train ride was coming into her mind. There was no way around going back to the Garden. What she wouldn't give just to stay here with him. Loyalties called her though. Her father taught her to well. And like reading her mind that something was up, Seth frowns.

"What is it Rin?" Seth asks.

[I just remembered I leave for the Garden at six today. I got the letter from my father last night.] Rin types.

Seth nearly jumps out of his chair. Looking at the time two hours, Seth stands up and kisses her on the cheek. Then before saying another word he runs out the door. Leaving Rin alone confused. Shaking her head she orders a milk shake and sits pondering her current situation.

Rin packs, and signs out of the hotel. Her heart feeling heavy and lost. Why had he just run out on her? This was her finial day, and she knew she might loose him again. Rin shows her ticket and heads for her train. Someone takes her luggage for her and puts it on the train. Be it just a small bag some people thought it was polite.

"Rin!" Seth yells out. "Rin!"

Rin turns and faces Seth. Just like the crowded train station. The loud speaker calls out one minute to departure.

"Rin I just got off a communication link with your father." Seth says.

Rin looks shocked.

"Yeah your dads exact look. Cept with a hell lot more insults and curses, but he in a kinda agreed."

Rin groans, she was in for it when she gets home. Seth gets on one knee and pulls out one of the most delicate rings ever made.

"Rin Rai Leonhart, will you marry me." Seth asks slipping the ring unto her finger.

Rin hugs Seth, tears coming to her eyes. The crowd cheers drowning out the conductors call for all aboard. Seth breaks the hug and strokes her face.

"Your fathers not to happy, mine don't know yet. But I'll see you again soon Rin." Seth kisses her.

Rin is shoved unto the train and she watches out the window as Seth slowly disappears. This was one of her happiest, and saddest days of her life. Most likely Seth will agree. Rin waves as the train darts around the corner hiding Seth from her view. It was just good bye for now.

Seth punches the air and whoops a cheer. Happily he turns away, his group of friends congratulating him as he walks by. Same with the train station personal.

"Seth, any thing I can get for the newly engaged man?" Derk asks.

"Yeah a coffin." Seth says bluntly.

"Why?" Ivi asks for once not swearing.

"I still have yet to tell my father." Seth said his breath running out in-between his lips.

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Seth enters his house. His mother defiantly went on a cleaning spree today. Filth was no where to be found. The floors and the walls sparkling. Taking off his shoes he dares the clean floor on stocking feet. His mother may have been the library girl, but when it come time to clean the house she was better at it. Seth peers into the kitchen. His mother was busy multitasking.

"Hey mom where's dad?" Seth asks.

"In the back yard excersizing." She responds never looking up.

"Thanks mom, by the way I'm getting married."

"That's nice Seth."

Seth rolls his eyes. His mother was much more dull then his father. Walking outside he dreaded to see his father shirtless, and with his gunblade. Seifer kept up his skills no matter if he may never uses his skill again. The way this day was going he just might use them.

"Dad can I talk to you?" Seth asks.

"Seth, if it's about the birds and the bees ask your mother." Seifer says swinging his blade.

"No isn't that dad." Seth chuckles. "You couldn't hide your magazines good enough."

Seifer pauses and looks at his son incredulously.

"Anyway, dad I'm asked a woman to marry me."

"Your young yet... Who's the woman?"

"Rin Leonhart."

Seifer's face fills with red and before Seifer could blink he finds the Gunblade stuck in the door by his head. Blood trickled down Seth's ear. The Gunblade coming close enough to graze it. Seth held his breath and didn't move. He recognized this look, and he felt his death coming. He didn't want to leave Rin. So soon, he hadn't even had the joys of married life. Seifer takes a deep breath.

"No, Almsy is going to mix with a Leonhart." Seifer growls.

"Yes, I'm marrying her." Seth insists.

Seifer curls a fist, his rage building.

"I love her," Seth continues. "You might as well get used to it. If you wanted your hate for the Leonhart family to continue you should've had more kids. Look though father. You plan has failed. I'm not going to fall for temper tantrums. Your not a teenager get over it."

Seifer had had it. His first flies into Seth's face. Seth staggers back into the door. Seifer kicks upwards and catches Seth in the ribs. Breath excapes his lungs as he hits the ground. Still angry Seifer kicks his son unto his back and steps on his throat. Desperatly Seth struggles for air, encouraging his father to step harder.

"You will not marry her." Seifer growls.

Seth closes his eyes and remebers Rin. He grabs Seifer's foot and flips him. Sending him crashing into a backyard decoration. Seth rubs his throat.

"I will marry her." Seth croaks.

Seth's mother steps in between the two. She held a rolling pin in her hand ready to defend, or knock down, the next person who moves. Seifer and Seth raise there hands in surrender. Both knew better then to mess with a woman with a rolling pin. Exspecially when the woman was sick of there antics. Slowly and causiously Seth gets to his feet. His hands still raised.

"It's okay mom, I'm just headed to my room." Seth says cooly.

On the way through Seth's mother hits Seth in the butt with the rolling pin. Seth yelps and runs into the house and up the stairs. He closes his door to his room, and plops on the bed. What a day what a day.

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Rin runs up the Garden steps. Happy to be home. She wondered how the Irvine girls were, considering they had a brother on the way. Poor kid he had seven older sisters to torture him. Rin laughs and waves to one of he friends. That second she turned away she ran into someone... Her father. The look on his face made her shrink down.

"What the fuck is going on?" Squall growls.

Rin dosn't say anything she just cowars. Her father never swore. Not that she remebered.

"I recive a call from the Almsy boy and he fucken asks to marry you!" Squall yells. "Do you know how big of a mistake that is? No Almsly is going to messure up to a man... Are you sure you want that you want this?"

'Yes dad, I am.' Rin signs staring square into her fathers eyes.

Squall stares into Rin's eyes. He could see her mother in her. So stubborn once her mind was made. Squall places his hand on her shoulder. He didn't like the idea any, but this was his daughter. It was clear she loved him, and there was nothing in Squall's power that he could do about it.

"Good luck, but you better wait till your eightteen till you marry." Squall turns and walks away.

Rin lets out a deep breath. Her shoulders collapsing under the relief flooding her. It could have gone much worse. Now the next step was to see if dad would ever really talk to her agian. She notices Zell Jr come her way. That's all she needed right now, that hyper pain in the ass rubbing it in her face. Rin steps back and disappears through a group of girls.

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